Newspaper-stand.



L. L. MoLANE.

NEWSPAPER STAND.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1913.

1,098,81 8, Patented June 2,1914.

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NEWSPAPER STAND.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1913.

Patented June 2, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATEN OFFICE.

LLOYD L. MQLANE, 0F NEWARK, DELAW'ARE.

NEWSPAPER-STAND.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LLOYD L. MCLANE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Newcastle and State of Delaware, have invented new and useful Improvements in NewspapenStands, of which the iollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to newspaper stands; and it has for its object the provision of a portable structure of this character which may be readily suspended from a suitable support and which will be provided with means whereby newspapers or periodicals may be advantageously displayed and held in a comparatively compact manner.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a structure of this character which may be folded so as to-occupy a comparatively small space for shipment or storage.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a standwhich will include an adjustable support and means for facilitat ing the operation of adjusting the support and for positioning the article retaining members thereof within convenient reach of the operator.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a front view of the stand; Fig. 2 is a section, taken on line 22 of Fig. 1, showing the swinging shelves in opened positions; Fig. 3 is a section on line 38 of Fig. 1, showing the swinging shelves in closed positions; Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the combined back and guide member; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a portion of the slide and illustrating one of the article retaining devices; Fig. 6 is a horizontal section, taken on the line 66 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the shelf supporting devices.

The stand comprises a back member 1, which is preferably constructed of sheet metal and provided at suitable points with passages 2, through which may be extended hanging devices such as hooks, nails or the like that may be extended from a wall or other appropriate support. Said member is provided with upstruck sides 3 which lie at right angles to the plane of the main body of the member and which are then extended inwardly, as at 4:, over the member in spaced Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 10, 1913.

Patented June 2, 1914.

Serial No. 772,834.

parallel relation therewith and the sides are then terminally provided with vertical guide flanges 5 Whose edges are spaced from the similar flanges 6 on angle bars 7, the latter being soldered or otherwise suitably secured to the main body member 1 of the structure. Each of the flanges 5 is provided with a vertical series of substantially U-shaped recesses 8 whose open ends are in communitttlOli with the adjacent vertical slot 9 which is defined by the vertical edge of the flange 5 and the adjacent vertical edge of the flange 6 of the angle bar. p

A. sliding plate or member 10 is located in front of the member 1 and is provided with side flanges 1.1, which are located within the plane of the flanges 5 or directly against the inner surfaces of said flanges, as shown in Fig. ('1, being provided with horizontallyextendiug pins 12, which are adapted to be extended into alined recesses 8 in the flanges 5 and thereby hold the member 10 in a vertically adjusted position. The member 1 is provided with a horizontal stop 13, which is adapted to engage with a similar stop 1 1 on the member 10 and thereby limit the movement of the latter in a downward direction and positively prevent said member 10 from being entirely drawn from the side guides of the member 1, as will be understood. Said member 10 is provided with retaining devices or racks 15, that are hingedly connected at 16, to said member whereby they may be adjusted angularly with relation thereto, as shown in the lower portion of Fig. 2 of the drawings. The hinges 16 have their pintles provided with springs 17, whose terminals 18 are connected with the racks 15, so as to normally hold the latter under tension and to cause the same to move in the direction of the member 10 and to yieldingly engage against newspapers or articles that are inserted between the member 10 and the rack 15. This construction is also desirable in that the rack may be freely adjusted so as to facilitate the operation of removing the papers from or applying the same to the racks, as the occasion may demand. The member 10 is pr0- vided with a pair of hand grips 19, by means of which the member may be ad justed vertically in the length of the member 1 and the racks 15 brought. into convenient reach of the operator when desired.

At a point below the racks 15 are swinging shelves 20 and 21, the former having hinged connection at 22 with the member 10, so that it may be adjusted so as to lie parallel therewith as shown in Fig. 3 or at right angles thereto, as shown in Fig. 2. The lower shelf 21 is operatively connected with the upper shelf 20 by means of links 23, whereby swinging movement of the upper shelf in one direction will transmit corresponding movements to the lower shelf. In this manner adjustment of the upper shelf to an operative position will cause the lower shelf to lie parallel with the upper shelf and in spaced relation thereto so that both of said shelves may be used to an advantage for the storage and display of periodicals, magazines or other articles. The upper shelf 20 is provided with substantially key-hole shaped slots 24, in which may be projected the free ends 25 of braces 26. These braces are in the form of rods that are connected at 27 for swinging movements upon the member 10. The free ends 25 of said braces are provided with substantially circular heads 28 that are adapted to be projccted through the corresponding portions of the key-hole slots 2st and to then be projected into the restricted portions of the slots so that the lateral flat surfaces 29 may underlie the shelf 20 and thereby sustain the same in an operative position.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A structure of the character described comprising a supporting member, a display member mounted thereon, a. shelf hingedly connected to the lower transverse edge of said display member, a swinging shelf suspended from the first shelf, means connecting the first mentioned shelf with said second mentioned shelf for causing a simultaneous adjustment of both shelves, and means carried by the display member and engaging the first shelf so as to hold the latter and the second shelf at right angles to the plane of the display member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LLoYn L. McLANE.

Witnesses Gno. D. KELLEY, Jr., R. R. LOVETT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, .D. G. 

